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We are pleased to announce the addition of Julie Loos to the Ratio Christi Advancement Team. Julie will initially assist RC President Rick Schenker with administrative duties while developing her role as Director of Prayer & Women’s Outreach. She will implement a corporate prayer ministry for the organization and cast the vision for RC to women. By introducing more women to basic apologetics and how RC and Ratio Christi College Prep can help train and retain their children in the faith, the ministry will gain a stronger network of both prayer and financial support.

In a letter that General Dwight Eisenhower wrote to General George Marshall on April 15, 1945, he described some of the horrors he saw in Nazi Germany’s Holocaust. He indicated that it was necessary to preserve the evidence so that, “if ever, in the future, there develops the tendency to charge these allegations merely to ‘propaganda.’”

There is much documentation and evidence of the Holocaust in Nazi Germany, but there are more “holocausts” that also need to be remembered and documented. These were holocausts perpetrated by militant atheists in the Soviet Union, China, Cambodia, North Korea, Yugoslavia, Vietnam and more throughout the 20th Century. A group of scholars and film-makers are currently getting ready to produce a documentary, Martyred in the USSR-Militant Atheism in the Former USSR, on one such holocaust.

ROI is a business term that means Return on Investment. Over the past half dozen years I have been evaluating my giving to Christian causes with much more scrutiny concerning the ROI that I am getting for Jesus. I have been doing this with consideration of both the time and the money that God is giving me to invest in His kingdom.

by Rick Schenker, President (January 1, 2013)

February 2nd will mark our 2 year anniversary. Our third year of operations (2013) will be a critical year. Why? Because what is true for most businesses is also true for nonprofits; if you can make it past the first three years, your chances of succeeding long-term are tremendously improved. If God's blessing continues as it has been, we should have the financial stability this year to hire a few support staff that will give us the ability to keep up with the growth and support of this extremely fast growing movement.

Lately, I have been saying to our Chapter Directors for Ratio Christi, “Gimme Five.” But in this case I am not talking about hand slapping. I am talking about preparing—each year—five new Christian leaders that are truly Ambassadors of Christ. I am asking them to just give us at least five well trained believers every year that have become not only incredibly confident evangelists, but who can also teach what they have learned to others.

One of the main reasons I left public office in 2006 was because I wanted to be more involved in evangelism—the spreading of the gospel. Yet, in a self-assessment of my own abilities, I knew I would make a pretty mediocre preacher. I figured the last thing the world needed was another mediocre preacher.

Not knowing what to do, I started praying a rather outrageous prayer. I thought that if somehow God could answer it, then I would know He could use me to help accomplish something great for His Kingdom. For over four years I prayed, “Father, make me the greatest evangelist to this generation without ever having to preach a sermon.” Now you have to admit that is outrageous—right? How could God ever answer such a prayer?

Recently a minister asked me how Ratio Christi was different from other college ministries. I explained that we focused on apologetics—equipping students and faculty with the philosophical, historical, and scientific evidence for why Christianity is true. His next statement shocked me. He said, “So you are not focused on evangelism like these other campus ministries, right?" “No," I replied, "we are more focused on evangelism than many other ministries.” That shocked him.

Do you find most “methods” of evangelism forced and uncomfortable? We all know the Great Commission, yet how many Christians are regularly engaged in making Christian disciples of their family, friends, neighbors and co-workers? From what I can tell, the average Christian goes year, even decades, without even a single convert to Christianity. I find that many were very zealous to talk about their Christian experience at first, but after a few rejections they give up for a lifetime.